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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Tucker Carlson's Prayer Talk May Have Led to Fox News Ouster: “That Stuff Freaks Rupert Out”  —  Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch is said to have balked at Carlson's remarks in a Friday night speech, driving another theory about the prime-time star's abrupt exit.  “He doesn't like all the spiritual talk,” said a source.
Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News  —  Prime-time host called senior executive the c-word in redacted missive; network grew wary of further embarrassment from possible disclosure  —  Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared …
American Prospect:
The Smuggest Man On Air  —  Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, just days after the network settled a historic defamation lawsuit with electronic voting machine maker Dominion over its promotion of lies about the 2020 election.  The lawsuit surfaced contrasting private and public comments made by Carlson …
Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘Good riddance’: Pentagon officials cheer Tucker Carlson's ouster  —  The former Fox host ridiculed top DoD leaders over Biden-era policies.  —  From maternity flight suits to diversity policies to Ukraine aid, the military was a favorite punching bag for Tucker Carlson.
Phil Boas / Arizona Republic:
Tucker Carlson had to go because he was having way too much fun at others' expense
Discussion: Breitbart
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Fox loses $500 million in value after announcing Tucker Carlson is leaving
Discussion: NDTV
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Where can Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon go now?
more at Mediagazer »
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Tucker Carlson's Long Con
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The analyst who saw through 2022's red mirage has a prediction for Biden 2024  —  Throughout the 2022 elections, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg offered up a counterintuitive diagnosis: Confident GOP predictions of a “red wave” weren't just wrong, they were designed to deenergize Democratic voters with “negative sentiment.”
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's endorsing Biden for reelection  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden's reelection.  The leading progressive, who was Biden's chief rival …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Biden's balance sheet: Weak numbers, but in Donald Trump, a valuable foil
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Is Old. Get Over It.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
RNC's AI-generated Biden attack ad puzzles pundits, Democrats
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
The Map, the Issues and the Incumbency Favoring Democrats
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Bernie Sanders Endorses Biden for President
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Audio of Cruz's talk with Fox host sheds light on plan to challenge 2020 results  —  Sen. Ted Cruz advocated the creation of a congressionally appointed electoral commission ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol to make a credible assessment of unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Damning’ new J6 recording: Ted Cruz discusses how to force a reassessment of Biden's win  —  MSNBC's Ari Melber on Tuesday said that he had acquired a “damning” new recording of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) discussing how to potentially overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Associated Press:
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport  —  The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed …
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The Intercept:
Clarence Thomas Billionaire Benefactor Harlan Crow Bought Citizenship in Island Tax Haven … In partnership with  —  Harlan Crow, the billionaire GOP donor who paid for luxury travel on his private jet and yacht for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was a dual citizen of the U.S …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The real reason for the Supreme Court's corruption crisis  —  Who watches the philosopher kings with lifetime appointments?  —  The Supreme Court has run out of excuses.  —  Earlier this month, after ProPublica revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas frequently takes lavish vacations funded …
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Woman with Cancerous Pregnancy Was Told to Wait in Parking Lot Until She Was ‘Crashing’  —  “We can't touch you unless you're crashing in front of us or your blood pressure goes so high that you're fixing to have a heart attack,” she says she was told.  —  Jaci Statton, a 25-year-old mother …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's ‘crashing’ for abortion care
Discussion: KFOR-TV and Lawyers, Guns & Money
A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics:
Ron DeSantis calls for cease fire in Ukraine … A.G. Gancarski  —  A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014.  He is based in Northeast Florida.  He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Fox News
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Nikkei Asia:
Ron DeSantis says deterrence key to preventing Taiwan conflict
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
McCarthy runs into a wall of corn … - It only takes five GOP “no” votes to tank the bill.  — The group includes all four Iowa House Republicans, plus at least four more members from the corn belt, Axios has learned.  — McCarthy is meeting with this group on Tuesday evening …
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
In closing arguments, Proud Boys say ‘lying’ witness — also a Proud Boy — can't be trusted  —  Five Proud Boys accused of seditious conspiracy asked jurors to discount testimony from one of their own about the group's plans on Jan. 6.  —  WASHINGTON — Five Proud Boys accused of plotting …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Proud Boys blame Trump as defendants prepare to find out fate in sedition trial
NPR:
Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel  —  Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to testify before the panel, calling such testimony by chief justices “exceedingly rare.”
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump: Trials are unpredictable, but here's the roadmap for this one  —  As a trial begins in writer E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, the United States contemplates the startling possibility that a federal jury may declare …
J.D. Morris / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. repeals its boycott of 30 states that passed conservative laws.  Here's why  —  San Francisco will no longer boycott 30 states that passed conservative laws after city officials determined that the restrictions were too costly and had little impact other than adding more bureaucracy.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nate Silver Out at ABC News as Disney Layoffs Once Again Hit News Division  —  ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site.  —  The second round of Disney layoffs once again hit ABC News on Tuesday, with Nate Silver's data-driven politics …
Kelli María Korducki / The Atlantic:
America's Death Trap  —  Why the life-expectancy rate in the United States is falling behind that in other rich countries  —  Compared with its wealthy peer nations, the United States is failing the most basic test of a civilization: keeping its denizens alive.
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
Japanese Moon Landing Is Uncertain After Losing Signal Spacecraft  —  A Japanese company has lost contact with a small robotic spacecraft it was sending to the moon, a signal that it may have crashed into the lunar surface.  —  After firing its main engine, the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander built …
Steve Leblanc / Associated Press:
Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard  —  Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who helped lead her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be joining Harvard University later this year, Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday.
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Colorado To Become 1st State To Pass ‘Right To Repair’ For Farmers  —  The law follows a nationwide outcry from farmers that manufacturers prevent them from fixing their own machines when they break down.  —  Colorado is set to become the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own machines …
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tosses Devin Nunes suit over Esquire article
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Whistleblower to tell House that US govt is ‘middleman’ in multibillion dollar migrant child trafficking op
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Proposed GOP cuts would slash $30 billion from veterans spending
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Hogan Gore / Austin American-Statesman:
Texas Senate advances bill to create ‘election marshals.’ Here's what's proposed.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Trump Tries to End the Game Before the Voters Get Involved
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Nikki Haley promised to address abortion ‘directly and openly.’ Then she didn't.
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Neil Gorsuch Has Joined the Supreme Court Ethics Scandal Party
Wesley Lowery / Columbia Journalism Review:
A Test of the News  —  Objectivity, democracy, and the American mosaic  —  We find ourselves in a perilous moment.
Washington Post:
Retired NSA director won lucrative consulting deals with Saudis, Japan
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Goggin / NBC News:
A 13-year-old boy was groomed publicly on Twitter and kidnapped, despite numerous chances to stop it
Discussion: The Daily Beast and HotAir
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

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